I wish this video was around when I did my build. Luckily, I found you for my next build. This is brilliant and just what I was looking for!

Awesome job....I will be doing similar but with electric pump.

This is exactly the video I was looking for! Thank you for the quick, direct, and informative post!

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

I love that it helped! Hope your build is going well!!

This is the perfect fix I was trying to figure out on the gray water! Glad I subbed. Always thumbs up from the 641...

@LauraOnTheMove

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I loved how it worked as I traveled and never getting the gray water out!

Very ingenious my setup will be bigger and use a 12 volt pump powered by the solar system but I like your idea good for you and thanks for the video.

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

I love the 12volt option. I think they even have small single use battery ones that I considered, but you’ll like just having it hooked up to solar! This ended up working great for me.

Super rad girl!!

So excited for you. I'm doing a new vanbuild and also going to travel around the us . Going south first. Ill be following. Your cideos are cery helpful as im in the same process

@LauraOnTheMove

3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear I'm not alone 😅 It is a crazy process! Happy I'm nearing the end and I can't wait to hit the road. I bet you're feeling the same way!

Nice

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@CarlaRFowler

2 жыл бұрын

@@LauraOnTheMove you’re welcome

Forgive me if you’ve already explained but I didn’t understand why you needed the hose going out the floor. What is the purpose of? Is it to drain the grey water? Can the grey water just collect in the grey water container?

@LauraOnTheMove

26 күн бұрын

Hi! Yes, the reason was to just be able to drain the grey water easier. It was just a feature I wanted to avoid having to remove the grey water container and carrying it out of the van and emptying it. It worked out great, but is certainly not necessary.

Do you have a link for the type of water shut off valve you used? I’m a little confused

@LauraOnTheMove

10 ай бұрын

You really need to go to a hardware store for this one. You'll need a 3 way compression shut off valve. 2 of them will connect to the faucet (one to cold water and one to hot. The 3rd will need to have a barb adapter and the barb fitting will connect to your hose. The sizes are very important so it is best to do it in the store and link everything together while you're there. I went to Lowes.

what size clear tubing did you use?

@LauraOnTheMove

3 ай бұрын

amzn.to/3VW41ZM I used 1/2 inch, but make sure yours matches your fitting sizes.

Hello! Do you remember where you bought the connecting piece from the shut off valve and tube? Also what is the size of the name and size of the piece?

@LauraOnTheMove

11 ай бұрын

I got it at Lowe’s. It’s a barb fitting with a hose clamp. I would recommend going. To the hardware store and piecing it all together there at the store.

Could you link the valve that connects the two pipes on the tap to the pipe on the foot pump? Seems like a 3 way connection. Thanks!

@LauraOnTheMove

Жыл бұрын

It's a tricky one. I started with a 3 way adaptor with 3/8 compression fittings. The faucet connects to two of them. Hot and cold won't matter in this instance. You connect both and the water will flow through. Then you need to go from 3/8 compression to a 3/4 barb fitting. In all it was 3 pieces and I used thread tape to put them together. I would recommend going to a hardware store if possible that way you can fit the pieces together in the store to make sure you have what you need. It would also be comparable in price to shopping online for these specific items.

@charlie_robin

Жыл бұрын

@@LauraOnTheMove amazing thank you!! Very useful vid:)

You did not show you using the foot pump...wanted to see the pressure of the pump..does the pump make any noise?

@LauraOnTheMove

Жыл бұрын

I've never considered the pressure from the sink. You can actually control it some and push all of the water out fast with a ton of pressure in a second or push slower and have less water come out over a few seconds. The only sound is the suction of water into the pump and then the push of water out. You can hear it, but it isn't loud.

Your video is amazing…..but I can’t see how the pipes connect to the clear gray water tank.

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

The basket of the sink goes to the horizontal trap then I have an inexpensive elbow from the hardware store into the cap of the gray tank. I had to drill the hole in the cap for it to sit in but it’s the horizontal trap and elbow that make it happen. Hope that helps!

@womanoftruth6873

2 жыл бұрын

@@LauraOnTheMove Perfect! Thank you so much!

Does your foot pump leak at all where the tubes attach mine does and I’m trying to figure out how to prevent this currently trying to see if some plumbers putty will work but at first glance I don’t think it will testing it out i keep finding areas that leak it’s not leaking right now but I’m trying to see if it’ll stay that way if I let it harden i’m not too optimistic but I might just be frustrated after fighting with this thing and it leaking all over my floor any suggestions

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t had any issues with leaks. I did use pretty flexible tubing and I didn’t hesitate to really tighten then hose clamps. The hose clamps Sink into the hose and create that seal on my foot pump. Hopefully you find an answer because I do love the pump!

Where’d you get the stock cabinets from?

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

I found them at Lowes!

if you don't have room for a gray water tank can you eliminate that and just have gray water empty directly through the hose to the bottom of the van?

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

Some people do that, but you have to be careful about not dumping in places where it isn’t allowed. I spent a lot of time in national parks and they don’t allow dumping so it needs to be collected and emptied outside the park. I did however use only biodegradable soaps to give me more freedom on emptying it responsibly.

@djamaraLA

2 жыл бұрын

@@LauraOnTheMove thank you !

@uber2tuber

2 жыл бұрын

@@LauraOnTheMove How did you seal the hole thru the van floor around the green hose? To keep rodents out lol.... thank you!

@LauraOnTheMove

2 жыл бұрын

@@uber2tuber the hole was the same size as the hose so it was snug with no air gaps and didn’t need sealed luckily!